MLB First Half: The NL & AL Award Winners If the Season Ended Today

The Major League Baseball season is closing in on yet another All-Star game, and there have been many surprises so far this year. The Indians were off to a hot start, while the Red Sox started out slumping to a dismal 2-9 record. Players like Matt Kemp and Jose Reyes are carrying their respective teams, and pushing them toward the post-season.

With all that being said, it's early in the season, but it's always fun to hand out awards based on first half performance. In this article, I'll hand out MVP, Cy Young, Silver Slugger, and Gold Glove Awards.

AL & NL MVP

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AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez

Gonzalez and his free agent buddy Carl Crawford both started off slow for the Red Sox, but have yet to look back since the 2-9 start. Fenway Park was made for hitters like Adrian Gonzalez, and his numbers will only improve as the season goes on. If that stat line doesn't say it all, then I don't know what will.

GP

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB

CS

AVG

OBP

SLG

OPS

78

319

56

114

25

3

16

71

28

55

1

0

.357

.412

.605

1.017

NL MVP: Prince Fielder

This was the hardest award to give out, due to the fact that there are three viable candidates. Jose Reyes and Matt Kemp are both keeping their teams afloat, and it's hard not to love what both are doing. Fielder gets the edge because of his NL-leading 68 RBI and his .306 AVG, not to mention his 21 homers.

AL & NL Cy Young

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AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander

This was another tough award to give out, due to the fact that Jered Weaver has a 1.97 ERA to go along with nine victories. The award goes to Verlander because of his AL-leading 10 wins, 124 strikeouts, and 0.84 WHIP. Verlander has been dominant of late, and his play has helped the Tigers leap frog the Indians into first place.

NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay

His partner in crime Cliff Lee is making a strong case for this spot with three consecutive complete game shut outs, but it's been Doc Halladay who's been doing it all year long. Halladay has ten wins on the year and has only given up sixteen walks. The Doc also has five complete games so far this season, which is a rarity in baseball nowadays. Jair Jurrjens has been spectacular has well, but has only pitched 95 innings compared to Halladay's 127.1, which gives Roy the upper hand in my opinion.